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FR.G8 The Pluperfect Tense for Narrating Sequences of Past Events

AQA 8652 · Calculators not allowed · about 30 minutes

Total Marks

Name: _______________________________ Date: ____ / ____ / ______

Accents have been omitted for print compatibility; write accents correctly in your answers. Complete the tasks below in French where requested. Use full sentences where indicated. Time guidance: 30 minutes. Note: the pluperfect is higher-tier extension content within AQA GCSE French; foundation students should still be able to attempt auxiliary-choice and basic agreement items.

Complete the pluperfect clause in this narrative about a school trip: Je ____ deja dejeune quand le bus est arrive.

(Total for Question 1 is 1 mark)

Complete the pluperfect clause in this family story: Avant de demenager, elle ____ deja vendu sa voiture.

(Total for Question 2 is 1 mark)

Complete the pluperfect clause in this narrative about arrival: Quand nous sommes arrives, le magasin ____ deja ferme.

(Total for Question 3 is 1 mark)

Complete the pluperfect clause in this story about a friend: Avant que je la voie, elle ____ deja quitte la bibliotheque.

(Total for Question 4 is 1 mark)

Complete the pluperfect clause in this short report about a match: Le joueur ____ deja marque deux buts avant la mi-temps.

(Total for Question 5 is 1 mark)

Choose the correct past participle to complete the pluperfect clause in this travel sentence: Nous avions deja ____ la valise quand il a telephone (options: A mis, B alle, C venu). Name the correct option letter.

A mis
B alle
C venu

(Total for Question 6 is 1 mark)

Choose the correct past participle to complete the pluperfect clause in this family sentence: Elle avait deja ____ la lettre avant le diner (options: A ecrit, B parti, C tombe). Name the correct option letter.

A ecrit
B parti
C tombe

(Total for Question 7 is 1 mark)

Correct the two mistakes in this sentence about a meeting. The sentence should use the pluperfect for the earlier action and correct past-participle agreement where needed: "Elle avait alle deja quand je suis arrivee." Rewrite the corrected clause or sentence in full.

(Total for Question 8 is 2 marks)

Spot and correct the past-participle agreement error where a preceding direct object requires agreement: "Les photos que j'avais pris etaient floues." Rewrite the corrected clause or sentence in full.

(Total for Question 9 is 2 marks)

Complete the pluperfect clause in this combined sequence. The second clause is in the perfect tense and is already given. Fill the left-hand pluperfect blank correctly: "____ deja prepare le repas quand il a sonne a la porte." Write the auxiliary and participle needed for the pluperfect clause (two words).

(Total for Question 10 is 3 marks)

Translate into French the sentence that requires the pluperfect to show the earlier past action: "By the time I arrived, they had already left." Provide a natural French sentence using the pluperfect.

(Total for Question 11 is 3 marks)

Translate into French this two-clause sentence that sequences an earlier action (pluperfect) before a later past action (perfect): "After she had written the email, she called her manager." Provide a natural French translation using the pluperfect for the earlier action and passe compose for the later action.

(Total for Question 12 is 4 marks)

Combine these two English clauses into one French sentence that shows the correct sequence using the pluperfect for the earlier action and the perfect for the later action: "He had already finished the homework before his sister arrived." Produce one natural French sentence.

(Total for Question 13 is 4 marks)

Multiple choice: which full pluperfect sentence is correct for this context? 'When we reached the cinema, the film had already started.' Options: A Quand nous etions arrives, le film avait deja commence. B Quand nous sommes arrives, le film avait deja commence. C Quand nous arrivions, le film avait deja commence. Choose the best option letter.

A Quand nous etions arrives, le film avait deja commence.
B Quand nous sommes arrives, le film avait deja commence.
C Quand nous arrivions, le film avait deja commence.

(Total for Question 14 is 2 marks)

Mark scheme · FR.G8 The Pluperfect Tense for Narrating Sequences of Past Events

Question 1

B1 avais correctly supplied as the imperfect auxiliary for j'avais deja dejeune
Answer: avais

Question 2

B1 avait correctly supplied as the imperfect auxiliary for elle avait deja vendu
Answer: avait

Question 3

B1 avait correctly supplied as the imperfect auxiliary for le magasin avait deja ferme
Answer: avait

Question 4

B1 avait correctly supplied as the imperfect auxiliary for elle avait deja quitte
Answer: avait

Question 5

B1 avait correctly supplied as the imperfect auxiliary for avait deja marque
Answer: avait

Question 6

B1 A mis correctly chosen as the past participle of mettre, matching the context 'mettre la valise' (we had already packed/put the suitcase)
Answer: A mis

Question 7

B1 A ecrit correctly chosen as the past participle of ecrire appropriate for 'la lettre'
Answer: A ecrit

Question 8

B1 use of the correct auxiliary etre instead of the incorrect 'alle' formation: elle etait
B1 correct past participle with feminine agreement: allee (so full pluperfect clause elle etait deja allee)
Answer: Elle etait deja allee quand je suis arrivee.

Question 9

B1 correct past participle agreement: prises (adding -es to pris to agree with les photos, feminine plural)
B1 full corrected sentence given: Les photos que j'avais prises etaient floues
Answer: Les photos que j'avais prises etaient floues.

Question 10

B1 imperfect auxiliary correctly supplied: avait
B1 past participle correctly supplied: prepare (past participle of preparer is prepare)
B1 full logical combination implied: avait prepare correctly forming 'avait deja prepare le repas'
Answer: avait prepare

Question 11

B1 correct auxiliary in imperfect of etre for 'they' (ils/elles) supplied: ils/elles etaient
B1 correct past participle with agreement if needed: partis/parties
B1 full natural sentence: "Quand je suis arrive(e), ils/elles etaient deja partis/parties." or equivalent natural word order
Answer: Quand je suis arrive, ils etaient deja partis.

Question 12

B1 correct connector for sequencing: Apres qu' / Apres (avec infinitive if rephrased) or equivalent natural French phrasing
B1 pluperfect of ecrire correctly formed: elle avait ecrit
B1 perfect tense for appeler correctly formed: elle a telephone (or elle a appele)
B1 full natural sentence given, for example: "Apres qu'elle avait ecrit le courriel, elle a telephone a son responsable."
Answer: Apres qu'elle avait ecrit le courriel, elle a telephone a son responsable.

Question 13

B1 pluperfect of finir correctly formed: il avait fini
B1 perfect tense of arriver correctly formed for the later action: elle est arrivee
B1 correct sequencing connector: avant que / avant que sa soeur n'arrive / avant l'arrivee de sa soeur or 'avant que sa soeur n'arrive' rendered appropriately
B1 full combined sentence e.g. "Il avait deja fini ses devoirs avant que sa soeur n'arrive."
Answer: Il avait deja fini ses devoirs avant que sa soeur n'arrive.

Question 14

B1 correct choice B selected which uses the perfect for the later action 'nous sommes arrives' as in the context and the pluperfect 'le film avait deja commence' for the earlier action
B1 recognition that A uses etions (imperfect) which is odd with the perfect/pluperfect pairing here, and C uses arrivions which is imperfect and not the natural choice for a completed punctual arrival
Answer: B Quand nous sommes arrives, le film avait deja commence.

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